1.   After a spring and summer of scorching drought, rains in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas have given the citrus crop a shot in the arm.

2.   Agriculture Commissioner Bob Crawford said the high estimate included losses of citrus crops, sugar cane and other agricultural products of Florida.

3.   Florida Agriculture Commissioner Bob Crawford said the higher estimate included losses of citrus crops, sugar cane and other agricultural products that have yet to be assessed.

4.   In Florida, freezing temperatures threatened citrus crops Friday night.

5.   In Florida, continued warm weather and drought has resulted in sharply lower citrus crop forecasts.

6.   Most people in the fertile Central Valley of California depend on the citrus crop, and as it has failed, the town has been hit hard.

7.   Sugar and citrus crops, both important export earners, were damaged.

8.   Farmers have asked the Queensland state government for emergency assistance to help battle a locust plague threatening grain, citrus crops and pastures.

9.   Some growers actually sprayed their citrus crops with water to freeze them to protect them from more damaging cold air.

10.   U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman said that the Mexican authorities agreed with U.S. contentions that citrus from Arizona and Florida no longer posed threats to Mexican citrus crops.